Pochettino on speculation over the future of Kyle Walker

A lot of rumours and you know I never speak about rumours. There are many rumours about all the players.

It’s not a good thing. because I think that Tottenham is the team most involved in the rumours. Yes, you see now in the last month, still two weeks to play and four games, there are many rumours.

But it doesn’t affect me, I am so calm, the players are very calm. They all know what happens inside. It’s important our fans know that here is really calm. Rumours are rumours, we will see what happens at the end if they are true or not, like always in football. That is why I am so relaxed.

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But I can tell you, it was such a difficult decision for Sol. He refused to speak to any club. We were in January, February, March - he refused to speak to any club.

No club in Europe can say that Sol Campbell agreed to speak to them, because he wanted to sort out the situation with Spurs.

At that time, he was only thinking about staying with Spurs. In the end, he maybe saw his aspirations elsewhere, but I’m telling you now – that was very late in the day.

Martin Keown on what Arsenal players would make it into the Spurs team right now

Obviously Alexis Sanchez - with the right mindset - would get into the team. Laurent Koscielny is another I would play and, with Danny Rose injured, Nacho Monreal would get in at left-back ahead of Ben Davis.

But beyond that, there are not too many other contenders.

Aaron Lennon celebrates his goal for Spurs against Aston Villa with Kyle Walker and Jermain Defoe in 2012

Pochettino on Aaron Lennon's problems

We feel very sorry about the situation with Aaron, we wanted from here to send all our wishes that he recovers soon, him and his family, all. The club is in contact with his agent now, trying to see what we can do to help him.

We all feel very sorry. It’s a person that was here for nearly ten years and Tottenham care a lot about his situation, the players, the staff, all the people are very concerned about his situation.